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00:01:41 Move forward and attack anything in your opponent's territory. 00:02:34 Consider moving your pieces as forward as possible to maximize their activity. 00:03:00 Choose the most forward move to increase pressure on your opponent. 00:03:30 Attack something on your opponent's half of the board to create threats. 00:04:55 Prefer moving forward in the center of the board for dominance. 00:06:01 Counterstrike in the middle of the board to overpower your opponent. 00:10:18 Operate along the central files for active play. 00:10:36 Focus on attacking in your opponent's territory rather than solely on checkmating the king. 00:14:05 Ask yourself how to advance into your opponent's half of the board and attack to develop a strong attack.
Igor, I have learned a lot from you. I don't always implement it (that's on me, not on you), but I like the idea of simple heuristics to help in the middle game. And find them helpful. It seems if you are aggressive you have to be less of a mind reader as your opponent's intentions. It works better on lower ranked players - they often give up on effective attacks.
8:42 Bishop h6 anyway. Point is we're threatening to win the Bishop on e5 because the pawn is pinned, and if Bishop goes to d4 we take the pawn on f4 pinning the Queen because the Bishop is covered by the Rook and they can't go Bishop e3 because that square is also covered by the Knight.
I am looking at Bh6, pinning the pawn. That effectively leaves the bishop on e5 undefended. If, for example, white plays g3 to shore up the pawn, black can play Nxe5, and if white recaptures, he loses his queen. If he retreats the bishop to d4, then Bxf4 wins the queen. If white tries to protect the bishop with Qd4, the black plays Nxe5. If white retakes with the queen, then Bxf4 wins the queen. Bottom line is that white cannot save both the queen and the bishop. He will have to either defend the f4 pawn or move his queen or king off the diagonal, but he will lose material.
9:20 Instead of Bxf7+, white could play h4, baiting black to play Nxc3 and enter into a reversed Stafford Gambit. h4 is sometimes a useful move to play in this type of game, so it isn't a complete waste of a tempo. Interestingly, white has a winning score on the Lichess database once they play h4. Black does have some winning responses other than Nxc3, but it's still complicated.
I have decided to just study this YT material. I can understand what you are saying and I hope to grow my game. Jumping from YT to YT has me trying to understand one thing today, something else tomorrow. Confusion.
Quiz - you could also push the pawn to d4 attacking the knight. If white takes the bishop then you simple move knight to e3 forking white’s bishop and rook. Your knight’s protected by the pawn and pawn is protected by the queen. If white takes your pawn with the bishop at d4 then you can take with your bishop and attack white’s knight with your bishop which is protected by the queen
The value of controlling the center of the board varies based on all pieces position. If your opponents king is castled, there is increased value to that side of the board, especially for rooks. Center board control is more valuable at opening and start of tge middle game. After castles or imbalanced positions, its definitely questionable.
If you want to climb quickly find an easy system that you can learn in 15 minutes like the London and don't worry about memorizing side lines, just get the basics down and move on to basic checkmates, tactics etc. There are other things that are more important at this ELO but that doesn't mean you can't spend ANY time on openings.
learn 2 openings 1 for black and other for white and just memorize atleast 6 moves and the main idea of the opening and dont blunder take your time and think about what moves you make
Pick one or two openings you like and just memorize the first maybe7 or 8 moves so you don't waste time thinking in the early game. That alone will give you an advantage in short time limit games. But don't waste much time doing it, focus 90% of your study time with tactics and positional theory and you'll climb up fast
The move of the puzzle should be Be5 Bh6 which pins the f4 pawn, threatening to take the e5 bishop for free. If white plays Bd4 to save the bishop, then Bd4 Bxf4 will pin the queen to the king and win the queen in the next move. White also cannot play a queen move to defend the e5 bishop, because after any queen move, for example Be5 Bh6 Qe1 Nxe5 Qxe5 will be a huge blunder, Bxf4 will fork the queen and king when defended by the f1 rook
What if in response to Bh6 white plays g3 to defend the f4 pawn, then the game just goes on. I'm really struggling to see a move by black that wins on the spot. Same is true if black captures at e5 with the bishop, you win a bishop and rook, but lose a bishop and knight (and are still down a pawn), not exactly a commanding position. Like he says in the video, Nxe5 fxe5 Bxe5 is already a great trade for black but he says there is obviously a better more decisive move for black. Hopefully GM Igor will give us the answer!
@@張謙-n3l And if white doesn't take back but instead plays Qd4 threatening your knight you must retreat it. Sure, you've gained a bishop but your pieces are now less developed...in any case, doesn't exactly seem like it's resignation time for white
@@張謙-n3l White would never sacrifice their queen in that instance, what if instead of taking back at e5, white goes Qd4 threatening your knight which you then have to retreat or lose it, now you've won a bishop but your pieces are less developed, again hardly a commanding position and not what I think GM is referring to
I'm not sure why you would say 1. e4, e5 2. f4 , d5 was the best strategy against the King's Gambit? 2. .. , exf4 is the most played move and has been played by super GMs. Eg., Carlson, Aronian, Ding, Kasparov, Short ... And Stockfish and Leela both give it as the best move.
no. imo, several of yr recommended moves are incorrect. suspect, or inferior. this is not simple - it ios simplistic. and you do not take into account what threats you might create on the NEXT move.
I dont know... Looks like you want it to realy work, and talk about it positively, but its not realy always that simplyfied! Juat go center! Go A. Rush B! I suppose an ok idea to keep in mind, but not realy always to actualy follow...
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00:01:41 Move forward and attack anything in your opponent's territory.
00:02:34 Consider moving your pieces as forward as possible to maximize their activity.
00:03:00 Choose the most forward move to increase pressure on your opponent.
00:03:30 Attack something on your opponent's half of the board to create threats.
00:04:55 Prefer moving forward in the center of the board for dominance.
00:06:01 Counterstrike in the middle of the board to overpower your opponent.
00:10:18 Operate along the central files for active play.
00:10:36 Focus on attacking in your opponent's territory rather than solely on checkmating the king.
00:14:05 Ask yourself how to advance into your opponent's half of the board and attack to develop a strong attack.
Igor, I have learned a lot from you. I don't always implement it (that's on me, not on you), but I like the idea of simple heuristics to help in the middle game. And find them helpful.
It seems if you are aggressive you have to be less of a mind reader as your opponent's intentions. It works better on lower ranked players - they often give up on effective attacks.
I needed this. I often get stuck after the opening & can't find a good move.
Intelligent, tactical,positional and interesting posts ,u r best coach & teacher , thanks sir Mr Igor Smirnov sir 🎉🎉❤❤
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8:42 Bishop h6 anyway. Point is we're threatening to win the Bishop on e5 because the pawn is pinned, and if Bishop goes to d4 we take the pawn on f4 pinning the Queen because the Bishop is covered by the Rook and they can't go Bishop e3 because that square is also covered by the Knight.
good ig makes sense
white can play Qe2 defending the bishop and then the game continues. I would have played BxBe5 followed by knight f2 forking the rooks
@@gregoryfray4366 The queen doesn't protect the bishop because after Bh6, Qe2 Nxe5, Qxe5 there is Bxf4+, winning the queen.
@@alternativeglasto my bad. You're right
I like Qd4. then just move the king over, eventually.
I am looking at Bh6, pinning the pawn. That effectively leaves the bishop on e5 undefended. If, for example, white plays g3 to shore up the pawn, black can play Nxe5, and if white recaptures, he loses his queen. If he retreats the bishop to d4, then Bxf4 wins the queen. If white tries to protect the bishop with Qd4, the black plays Nxe5. If white retakes with the queen, then Bxf4 wins the queen. Bottom line is that white cannot save both the queen and the bishop. He will have to either defend the f4 pawn or move his queen or king off the diagonal, but he will lose material.
Simply Bxe4 also seems fine bc if he takes you fork his rooks with your knight, cannot capture N with Q bc the rook is now protecting
Very nice as always. Is the answer 1. Bxe5 fxe5 2.Nf2 winning the exchange?
8:37 I think the easiest win is Bxe5 and jump your knight to f2 forking the rooks and win an exchange
agreed ..Bxe5 fxe5 Nf2, I couldn't come up with anything better than this!
But f2 is protected by the queen, no?
@@oscarsolera7538 Blacks R covers the N
it is @@oscarsolera7538
@@oscarsolera7538after N:e5 fe5 f line is open and protecting move Nf7.I rather take N:e5 fe5 Be5 because in KID and pirc defence Bishop is essential
Thank you for the lesson
Another great video by Igor. Would recommend his courses to improve your chess
Very useful video for anybody, who's trying to learn chess without a coach 👍
*Best* chess instruction on UA-cam.
Very instructive... thanks
9:20 Instead of Bxf7+, white could play h4, baiting black to play Nxc3 and enter into a reversed Stafford Gambit. h4 is sometimes a useful move to play in this type of game, so it isn't a complete waste of a tempo. Interestingly, white has a winning score on the Lichess database once they play h4. Black does have some winning responses other than Nxc3, but it's still complicated.
This helped me lots. Actually works!!!!!
Great tutorial! Thank you
Sir please! Make a quick crash course video on the "Nimzo-Indian Defence"😭😭
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I have decided to just study this YT material. I can understand what you are saying and I hope to grow my game. Jumping from YT to YT has me trying to understand one thing today, something else tomorrow. Confusion.
brilliant video, as always, thanks.
Glad you enjoyed it
Quiz - you could also push the pawn to d4 attacking the knight. If white takes the bishop then you simple move knight to e3 forking white’s bishop and rook. Your knight’s protected by the pawn and pawn is protected by the queen.
If white takes your pawn with the bishop at d4 then you can take with your bishop and attack white’s knight with your bishop which is protected by the queen
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Great video as always
Glad you enjoyed
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Excellent insights
8:37 My idea is to just play Nxe5 and after he takes back we have Nf2 forking the two rooks(note that the knight is defended by the rook on f8)
Nice. I think you meant Bxe5 though.
@@sash4593 yeah sorry lol
Please video about how to analyse a position
Has to be bishop h6, bishop is hanging, and the pawn is pinned to the queen, and the queen is absolutely pinned if the pawn moves.
For the puzzle 🫵🏻☝🏻:
1. Bxe5 Bh6
2. Qe1 Nxe5
Or...
2. Bd4 Bxf4
3. Qxf4 Rxf4
will he ever reveal the best move @ 8:37 i’m thinking either Bxe5 or Bh6 both look good to me ! i’d go for the first option if i have to make a move
Could you do a next video about Greek sacrifice? I don't understand when am I supposed to do that?
Great lesson which format my mind...and sorry for bad english
I think it's Bxe5 followed by Rf2? I call it moving North to get my pieces up the board in range of the king.
Really great video
Thanks good sir
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THAT'S WHAT EVERY 500 ELO BASTARD NEEDED MAN! GREAT VIDEO!
Duras Gambit please!!!!
Super sir .
BxB white takes the Bishop then N to B7 forking the 2 rooks the N defended by the Rook
I have only one question that I Need an answer on. How should you play in closed positions where you cant really attack?
The value of controlling the center of the board varies based on all pieces position. If your opponents king is castled, there is increased value to that side of the board, especially for rooks.
Center board control is more valuable at opening and start of tge middle game. After castles or imbalanced positions, its definitely questionable.
Heyo what's up bro you are great!!!
Hey. I was wondering what elo should I start memorizing openings. i'm 600 elo but people say you should only memorize at 1000 and higher
Yeah, not yet homie. If you're under 1000 just concentrate on not hanging pieces or mate.
If you want to climb quickly find an easy system that you can learn in 15 minutes like the London and don't worry about memorizing side lines, just get the basics down and move on to basic checkmates, tactics etc. There are other things that are more important at this ELO but that doesn't mean you can't spend ANY time on openings.
learn 2 openings 1 for black and other for white and just memorize atleast 6 moves and the main idea of the opening and dont blunder take your time and think about what moves you make
Pick one or two openings you like and just memorize the first maybe7 or 8 moves so you don't waste time thinking in the early game. That alone will give you an advantage in short time limit games. But don't waste much time doing it, focus 90% of your study time with tactics and positional theory and you'll climb up fast
Bxe5 allows black to fork the two rooks.
7.50 Rook b8 is stronger imo, prepares Ne4 that is crazily powerful..
08:40 Bxe5
The move of the puzzle should be
Be5 Bh6
which pins the f4 pawn, threatening to take the e5 bishop for free. If white plays Bd4 to save the bishop, then
Bd4 Bxf4
will pin the queen to the king and win the queen in the next move.
White also cannot play a queen move to defend the e5 bishop, because after any queen move, for example
Be5 Bh6
Qe1 Nxe5
Qxe5 will be a huge blunder, Bxf4 will fork the queen and king when defended by the f1 rook
What if in response to Bh6 white plays g3 to defend the f4 pawn, then the game just goes on. I'm really struggling to see a move by black that wins on the spot. Same is true if black captures at e5 with the bishop, you win a bishop and rook, but lose a bishop and knight (and are still down a pawn), not exactly a commanding position. Like he says in the video, Nxe5 fxe5 Bxe5 is already a great trade for black but he says there is obviously a better more decisive move for black. Hopefully GM Igor will give us the answer!
@@5150mango Simply Nxe5 to win a piece. If white takes back (ie. fxe5), then Bxd2 wins a queen
@@張謙-n3l And if white doesn't take back but instead plays Qd4 threatening your knight you must retreat it. Sure, you've gained a bishop but your pieces are now less developed...in any case, doesn't exactly seem like it's resignation time for white
@@張謙-n3l White would never sacrifice their queen in that instance, what if instead of taking back at e5, white goes Qd4 threatening your knight which you then have to retreat or lose it, now you've won a bishop but your pieces are less developed, again hardly a commanding position and not what I think GM is referring to
@@5150mango Then it's just a normal standard position where white is up a piece, there's not really a clear best plan to do in that position
Attacking the knight with my pawn is something I just can't seem to see.
This is a confusing question? Are you saying another move besides taking the xe5 bishop? Then it would be Ba6, but taking the bishop is the best move.
I'm not sure why you would say 1. e4, e5 2. f4 , d5 was the best strategy against the King's Gambit?
2. .. , exf4 is the most played move and has been played by super GMs. Eg., Carlson, Aronian, Ding, Kasparov, Short ...
And Stockfish and Leela both give it as the best move.
I remember a quote that goes something like, "a rook on the 7th (rank) is like a bone in the throat".
BxB, PxB, NF7 forking the rooks.
to Bh6 white would play Qd4
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no. imo, several of yr recommended moves are incorrect. suspect, or inferior. this is not simple - it ios simplistic. and you do not take into account what threats you might create on the NEXT move.
In the quiz, trade the bishops, then fork the rooks with your knight.
I dont know... Looks like you want it to realy work, and talk about it positively, but its not realy always that simplyfied! Juat go center! Go A. Rush B!
I suppose an ok idea to keep in mind, but not realy always to actualy follow...
please fit the phrase "billions and billions" into your next video
Your knight takes e5...same concept if the pawn takes Bishop to h6 still pins the queen... I think I'm kind of drunk!
This first game played for black really biginner. The weak chess players are typical by one essential bad quality - they don´t see several moves forward and first they don´t see what will be playing their opponent. To know what can play opponent is the main pre-condition of the won game.
Bh6..
First , i deserve pin
you deserve a delete comment
Give this guy a pin man
Lol
Then so be it. Your queen shall be pinned to your king in every game you play.
@@maverickthe13th52from your opponents undefended queen
I can play well by watching this.🫡😏
Very useful to me. Thanks.